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Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago

FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Serbia offers support to China in 'battle' with new virus

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Waving Chinese flags, several dozen people gathered Saturday in Serbia's capital to show support for China as it struggles to contain a new virus that started in the Asian country but has sp…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets

EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment with LSD.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Couple who vanished during California getaway found alive

INVERNESS, Calif. (AP) — An academic couple who vanished during a getaway in the woods of Northern California was found Saturday by search-and-rescue workers who spent almost a week looking for them and gave up hop…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: All eyes on Nevada's caucuses after Iowa muddle

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
North Macedonia police find 47 migrants in abandoned truck

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say officers on border patrol found 47 migrants in an abandoned truck in the country’s southeast, near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Charter bus rollover kills 3, injures 18 outside San Diego

PALA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A charter bus swerved on a rain-slicked Southern California highway and rolled down an embankment Saturday, killing three people and injuring 18 others, authorities said.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Authorities: Charter bus crashes outside San Diego, killing 3 people and injuring 18 others

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities: Charter bus crashes outside San Diego, killing 3 people and injuring 18 others.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Democratic hopefuls fan out to caucus sites

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
No felony conviction in ex-athlete's sexual assault trial

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The second trial of a former University of Delaware baseball player accused of sexually assaulting six women has ended with a jury convicting him of misdemeanor unlawful sexual contact.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Voting underway as Nevada Democrats weigh in on 2020 fight

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Voting is underway across Nevada as the most diverse state so far has its say in the Democrats' nomination fight. Bernie Sanders held the lead based on very early returns.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Nevada Democrats getting their say in picking 2020 nominee

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just past the roulette wheel and slot machines, the smoky bars and blinking lights, Nevada Democrats soon will have their say in helping determine their party's presidential nominee.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Egypt to try doctor, parents for female genital mutilation

SAMY MAGDY (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor Saturday referred a physician to criminal trial for allegedly mutilating the genitals of a 12-year-old girl, leading to her death, his office said.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Democrats aim to 'get it right' in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Judge halts plan to move virus patients to California city

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China to a Southern California city for quarantine after local officials argued …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
University of Utah football player charged with 3 rapes

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah football player accused of raping a 17-year-old girl is facing additional charges after prosecutors say he also raped two women.